}}'''Tar-Amandil''' was the third [[King of Númenor|King]] of [[Númenor]]. He ruled for 148 years, from 442 to 590 of the [[Second Age]]. Tar-Amandil was legally the third King, but actually its second ruler. His father, [[Vardamir|Vardamir Nólimon]], declined to take the [[Sceptre]] upon the death of his own father, [[Elros|Elros Tar-Minyatur]], and was only a titular King.<ref name="Kings">{{UT|Kings}}</ref>

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'''Tar-[[Amandil]]''' was the third [[King of Númenor|King]] of [[Númenor]]. He ruled for 148 years, from 442 to 590 of the [[Second Age]]. Tar-Amandil was legally the third King, but actually its second ruler. His father, [[Vardamir Nólimon]], declined to take the [[Sceptre]] upon the death of his own father, [[Elros Tar-Minyatur]], and was only a titular King.

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Tar-Amandil had three children: two sons, [[Tar-Elendil|Elendil]] and [[Eärendur, son of Tar-Amandil|Eärendur]]; and a daughter, [[Mairen]]. Just as his father had yielded the Sceptre before his death, Tar-Amandil abdicated in 590 and was succeeded by his eldest son Elendil, who would rule as [[Tar-Elendil]]. This tradition of renouncing the Sceptre a few years before death was observed by most of the rulers of Númenor until [[Tar-Atanamir]].

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Tar-Amandil had three children: two sons, [[Tar-Elendil|Elendil]] and [[Eärendur (son of Tar-Amandil)|Eärendur]]; and a daughter, [[Mairen]].<ref>{{UT|earlier}}</ref> Just as his father had yielded the Sceptre before his death, Tar-Amandil abdicated in 590 and was succeeded by his eldest son Elendil, who would rule as [[Tar-Elendil]]. This tradition of renouncing the Sceptre a few years before death was observed by most of the rulers of Númenor until [[Tar-Atanamir]].<ref name="Kings"/>

== Etymology ==

== Etymology ==

Amandil means "Devoted to [[Aman]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''-ndil'' "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix ''tar-'' ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.

Amandil means "Devoted to [[Aman]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''-ndil'' "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix ''tar-'' ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.

Tar-Amandil had three children: two sons, Elendil and Eärendur; and a daughter, Mairen.[2] Just as his father had yielded the Sceptre before his death, Tar-Amandil abdicated in 590 and was succeeded by his eldest son Elendil, who would rule as Tar-Elendil. This tradition of renouncing the Sceptre a few years before death was observed by most of the rulers of Númenor until Tar-Atanamir.[1]

Etymology

Amandil means "Devoted to Aman" in Quenya (from -ndil "friend, lover, devoted to"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Amandil added the prefix tar- ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.